Mining Incidents

Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLCOperator

Controlled by Lhoist Group
MSHA Operator ID: L13586
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
315
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.

Rank
#106of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.2×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
2
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 27 non-fatal
  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS98 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON70 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)48 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE25 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
5
2025
4
2024
3
2023
4
2022
6
2021
2
2020
9
2019
8
2018
11 (1f)
2017
10
2016
7
2015
25
2014
11
2013
11
2012
17
2011
18
2010
28 (1f)
2009
26
2008
35
2007
20
2006
10
2005
5
2004
15
2003
6
2002
7
2001
6
2000
6

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Contact with hot objects or substances

The injured miner & the supervisor were attempting to light the #2 kiln's gas flame. While the miner was holding a flare attached to a metal pole at the end of the gas pipe, the supervisor turned on the gas. In the process of lighting, the gas ignited & blew back through the front of the kiln causing burns to the right side of the miner's body. On 5/28/18 the EE passed away.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drill operator was fatally injured by the drill rig he was operating. The likely scenario is that the drill rig began to roll forward while he was at the back of the rig operating the controls for the drill. The victim may have attempted to stop the drill rig and was caught up under the rig and suffered fatal injuries. There were no witnesses to the accident.